Improvement in stove-platforms



CL BROWNELL.

Stove-Platfnrms.

910,148,028, Patented March 3.l874.

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CLARK BROWNELL, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO YVALTER M. CONGER, OENEW`ARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-PLATFORMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,028, dated March 3,1874; application filed September Q5, 1873.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, GLARK'BEOWNELL, of the city of Troy, in the county ofRensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements inShields, Guards, or Carpet or Oil-Cloth Protectors, of which thefollowing is a specification:

I produce a shield or guard formed of one or more plates of suitablemetal or material, cast, stamped, or otherwise properly formed, withedges molded or curved, plain or decorated, and having a chamber beneathits upper surface, formed by plates of suitable metal or material, soarranged that heat cannot be radiated or communicated through rit, andit will, therefore, be non-conductive; the object thereof being toprotect carpet, oillcloth, or floor from injury by heat radiating fromthe bottom of a stove under which it is placed. It is so constructedwith a flange that but a small part will touch or rest upon theoilcloth, carpet, or floor. It may be readily removable for cleaning,&c., and to admit airv to the oilcloth or carpet when convenient. Thesupport or shield being raised from the fioor, the car vpet or oil-clothcannot be injured by pressure, sweating, Sto., as is the case withsheets of zinc, or zinc on boards, heretofore used.

The drawing shows a vertical sec-tion of the shield or central part.

a represents the top plate of the shield, having an annular rim allaround, at b, cast or formed therewith, or separate, molded orotherwise, plain or ornamental. c is another plate beneath the upperplate a., having a tlange, b', extending down to and resting upon thefloor, leaving a space beneath, marked c. rlhe space above plate c is adead-air chamber, marked c.

I do not claim in this application the single chamber, the double arch,or the top coating, as these features form subjects of separateapplications but The following is claimed as new The platform consistingof the plates a and c and annular rim b b', inclosing the dead-air spacee and the open air space or cavity c', as shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this5th day of June, 1873.

CLARK BROVVNELL.

YVitnesses J AMES P. SwEENEY, JOHN J. HAssETT.

